Red River Flood Songtext
von Tim Hus

Manitoba is the land of many lakes
The prairie croak has made no mistake
Riding Mountain and the Hudson Bay
Way down south to the tall grass plains
There′s water in the fuel, water in the blood
The later the melt, the greater the flood
You ought to see what it can be like
Bring another pump and build another dike

We've been sandbagging every night and day
Trying to keep the water at bay
The river is rising and it′s ready to flood
We're standing our ground in the Manitoba mud


From Emerson and Morrison to St. Agathe
They say that it really was a-rising fast
We're holding our own, we′re holding our breath
We′re all just waiting for the channel to crest
There's water in the fields and water in the farms
Up in the bins and up in the barns
We′re going under an inch at a time
It's up to the cab on the big combine

We′ve been sandbagging every night and day
Trying to keep the water at bay
The river is rising and it's ready to flood
We′re standing our ground in the Manitoba mud

There I was at the grain exchange
Down on mortgage and pain
I couldn't find any higher ground
So I'm a going to stay around
There′s a sharp-tailed grass out in the field
He said to the greyhound, "I′m getting out of here"
Up the Assiniboine, up the Qu'Appelle
They′ve been fighting that river since the Louis Riel

We've been sandbagging every night and day
Trying to keep the water at bay
The river is rising and it′s ready to flood
We're standing our ground in the Manitoba mud


That′s about all and that's about it
This land is flatter than a Puy du Fouche chip
Batten down all your barricades
That's how it is living on a flood plain
We ain′t gonna leave, we ain′t gonna quit
We've got the ring dike, we′ve got Duff's Ditch
We′ll be here when the river flows
Come hell or high water or both

We've been sandbagging every night and day
Trying to keep the water at bay
The river is rising and it′s ready to flood
We're standing our ground in the Manitoba mud
Standing our ground in the Manitoba mud